Ejinoproetus leprosus Zhou et al. 2000 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Full reference: Z. Zhou, D. J. Siveter, and R. M. Owens. 2000. Devonian proetid trilobites from Inner Mongolia, China. Senckenbergiana lethaea 79(2):459-499

Belongs to Ejinoproetus according to Z. Zhou et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Ejinoproetus ovatus, Ejinoproetus zhaoi

Type specimen: XIG TR451, a pygidium. Its type locality is E006. Zhusilenghaierhan area, which is in an Eifelian marine sandstone in the Yikewsusu Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at E006. Zhusilenghaierhan area

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